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Description of problem:
I just tried to install v7.3 on a computer previously running 7.2 perfectly
without a hitch.
I re-formatted the hard disks (no upgrade) and did a fresh install, the
installation procedure went on smoothly but when rebooting after
install the computer locked up after showing the message:
Remounting root file system in read/write mode:
I didn't get the OK and the only way out was a ctrl-c and a reboot, then it
stuck again.
The computer is a MSI K7T Turbo2 motherboard, AMD Duron 1200MHz CPU,
256MB SDRAM, 3 IDE hard disks and an IDE cd-rom. No SCSI interface in the box.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Simply Reboot
2. Reboot from the floppy created with install.
3. Complete re-install from scratch with different choices between everything
from full install to minimum.
Failure every time.
Actual Results: Always the same, the system hangs after displaying the
message about "remounting root file system in read/write mode". The green "OK"
never shows up.
I've waited for 45 minutes, just to be sure...
Expected Results: I expected the usual boot up, and a success in the the
remount as it has always done with version 7.2. (Also v7.2 with a 2.4.18
kernel compiled from the kernel.org sources).
Additional info:
As mentioned before:
MSI K7T Turbo2 motherboard (VIA KT266 chipset)
AMD Duron 1200MHz CPU
256MB SDRAM
3 IDE hard disks
1 IDE CD-Rom
1 3Com 3c905 ethernet adapter
1 AGP Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB graphics card.
The system has always worked flawlessly with version 7.2 of RedHat linux.

OK. Boot the installer in rescue mode.
Edit /etc/sysctl.conf on your installed system so that it says:
kernel.sysrq = 1
Then, when booting the system, when it hangs, hit
alt-sysrq-p
- what is the current process
alt-sysrq-t
- what processes are currently running?

I must say that I'm really confused now...
I disconnected the disks I've been running on before and put in another one,
just to be sure that I wouldn't destroy any data on them. The new (not new,
but rather old..) disk is a small 1.6GB IDE drive.
I did a minimal workstation install without any X-components etc.. And the
system booted absolutely cleanly without a hitch.
I've double checked the disks that normally runs in the system several times
and there's nothing wron at all with them..

Problem is solved.. Although RedHat 7.2 and the e2fs routines shipped in the
package detected any errors at all on any of my disks, there WAS an invalid
partition table on the secondary slave IDE disk!
I didn't include that disk at all in the new installation, I told disk druid
to only use hda for install, but when restarting the system after install, it
failed, there was no mount points defined in the partition, and it wasn't
included at all in fstab.
This caused the hang I guess, but it still seems odd, since that disk WITH its
partitions has worked flawlessly for me in well over a year... Anyways,
deleting the partition and setting up a new one solved the problem.
Now everything works just fine!

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